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Meanings of fill with gunpowder in English

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Usage of fill with gunpowder in English
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A hole was drilled into the rock and filled with gunpowder.
Human
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The balls were nearly filled with gunpowder and the remaining space with a slow-burning composition.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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I found a cast-iron mortar, exactly fitted for my purpose, which I filled with gunpowder.
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
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The pipe is sealed with solder at one end and filled with gunpowder or fireworks.
The Irish Times
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A large earthenware jar filled with gunpowder, stones, and bits of iron is buried in the earth.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
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He then pressed the cartridge, filled with gunpowder, into the wad of explosive, which he moulded to the door.
Carte Blanche
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It was supposed to be filled with gunpowder, the explosion of which would have blown the poor minister to atoms.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
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When not filled with gunpowder or gun-cotton, dynamite and other explosive substances are used instead for charging these submarine war-engines.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
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This same shell, if filled with gunpowder, would have contained but twenty-five pounds, and have had but one-ninth the power.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
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Two iron boilers were filled with gunpowder, and it was arranged that these should be sunk in the Nile at convenient spots.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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There were mortars, which lobbed a large iron shell filled with gunpowder in a high trajectory, and which exploded with horrible effect.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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"The kegs are filled with gunpowder," said Spider, in a low tone, turning to those aft.
The Return of Tarzan
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I remember reading once about the way a rock was undermined, and the mine filled with gunpowder with an electric wire leading to it.
Three Dramas